双城记

章节摘录

　　It was the best of times，it was the worst of times，it was the age of wisdom，it was the age of foolishness，it was the epoch of belief，it was the epoch of incredulity．it was the season of Light，it was the sea- son of Darkness．it was the spring of hope，it was the winter oI de-spair，we had everything before us．we had nothing before us，we were all going direct to Heaven．we were all going direct the other way-in short，the period was so far like the present period．that some ot its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received，for good or for evil，in the superlative degree of comparison only．　　"I know," said Darnay, respectfully, "how can I fail to know, Doctor Manette, I who have seen you together from day to day, that between you and Miss Manette there is an affection so unusual, so touching, so belonging to the circumstances in which it has been nurt-tured, and that it can have few parallels, even in the tenderness be-tween a father and child. I know, Dr. Manette—— how can I fail to　　know——that, mingled with the affection and duty of a daughter who has become a woman, there is, in her heart, towards you, all the love and teiiance of infancy itself. I know that, as in her childhood she had no parent, so she is now devoted to you with all the constancy and fervour of her present years and character, united to the trustfulness and at-tachment of the early days in which you were lost to her. I know per-fectly well that if you had been restored to her from the world beyond this life, you could hardly be invested, in her sight, with a more sacred character than that in which you are always with her. I know that when she is clinging to you, the hands of baby, girl, and woman, all in one, are round your neck. I know that in loving you she sees and loves her mother at her own age, sees and loves you at my age, loves her mother broken-hearted, loves you through your dreadful trial and in your blessed restoration. I have known this, night and day, sinc

前言

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内容概要

　查尔斯·狄更斯于一八一二年二月七日出生于英国朴资茅斯的波特西地区。他父亲约翰·狄更斯是海军会计处的一个小职员。狄更斯幼时就常常溜到家里的阁楼上，津津有味地阅读一本又一本的小说。《鲁滨逊漂流记》、斐尔丁的作品、《天方夜谭》、《堂吉诃德》，都是他喜爱的作品

书籍目录

VOLUME THE FIRST    Recalled to LiftThe PeriodThe MailThe Night ShadowsThe PreparationThe Wine-shopThe Shoemaker    VOLUME THE SECOND    The Golden ThreadFive Years LaterA SightA DisappointmentCongratulatoryThe JackalHundreds of PeopleMonseigneur in TownMonseigneur in the CountryThe Gorgon's HeadTwo PromisesA Companion PictureThe Fellow of DelicacyThe Fellow of No DelicacyThe Honest TradesmanKnittingStill KnittingOne NightNine DaysAn OpinionA PleaEchoing FootstepsThe Sea Still RisesFire RisesDrawn to the Loadstone Rock    VOLUME THE THIRD    The Track of a StormIn SecretThe GrindstoneThe ShadowCalm in StormThe Wood-sawyerTriumphA Knock at the DoorA Hand at CardsThe Game MadeThe Substance of the ShadowDuskDarknessFifty-twoThe Knitting DoneThe Footsteps Die Out for Ever

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　　《双城记》（英文版）作者查尔斯·狄更斯英国最伟大的作家之一，他1812年出生于普茨茅斯，1870年去世。他出身贫寒，但在不幸的童年过后，他很快便变得富有和成功。在他众多的著名小说中有（雾都孤儿）、（远大前程）及（圣诞欢歌）。

作者简介

《双城记》故事发生的时间是1775年，在巴黎的一家酒馆的楼上的一间屋子里坐着一位白发男人，他正忙着做鞋。他曾在巴士底狱当了18年的囚徒。现在他已是一个自由人了，然而他却不知道自己的名字，也认木出他的朋友。他所知道的就是他必须继续做鞋。 在一辆去巴黎的车上坐着路营，这是他从未见过面的女儿。路营把她父亲带回了伦敦，在女儿的爱心和照料之下，他忘掉了过去并学会了重像一个自由人那样去生活。 然而在法国大革命的暴风雨年代，过去既没有消失也没有被忘掉。于是不久过去的危险秘密地把路营和她所爱的人们带回了巴黎……那儿恐怖的死亡机器——断头台正饥饿地等候着法兰西的敌人们。 查尔斯·狄更斯是英国最伟大的作家之一，他1812年出生于普茨茅斯，1870年去世。他出身贫寒，但在不幸的童年过后，他很快便变得富有和成功。在他众多的著名小说中有（雾都孤儿）、（远大前程）及（圣诞欢歌）。

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